Re: Russia in Ill Bethisad

John Cowan wrote:

> > > What happened between the RTC and the Swedes in Gustavus Adolphus's
>day?
> >
> > That question is not for me to answer.
>
>Fair enough.  I just wondered: if he weren't so successful against the
>Poles, perhaps the RTC actually had suzerainty over Sweden for a while?
Note that during 1592-1599, Sweden was in personal union with the
Rzeczpospolita. This was broken up because the King Sigismund/Zygmunt was
defeated by the rebellious forces led by Duke Charles (later Charles IX) in
the battle of Stångebro in 1598 (it took a year of legalisms to declare the
King deposed).

There's, I suppose, no particular reason that this union had to fail that
quick - in particular if the Polono-Lithuanian nobles had allowed the King
to bring along more Polish troops, which'd made a rebel victory at Stångebro
less likely. Obviously, having Sweden more or less permanently attached to
the Rzeczpospolita would drastically alter its history - to start with, Duke
Charles' son Gustavus Adolphus would never have become King.

Perhaps a Republic of the Three Crowns isn't entirely out of the question?


    Andreas

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